diff --git a/test/problems b/test/problems
index a8a8ff464..5d10fe60e 100755
--- a/test/problems
+++ b/test/problems
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         stop = float(timestamp.match(line).group(1))
 
     # Remove expected failures from the skipped tests category
-    for filename, value in expected.iteritems():
+    for filename, value in expected.items():
         if skipped[filename] == value:
             del skipped[filename]
         else:
diff --git a/test/stress_test b/test/stress_test
index 889e4b591..cf3690f67 100755
--- a/test/stress_test
+++ b/test/stress_test
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def run_test(test):
 
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run Taskwarrior tests repeatedly")
-    parser.add_argument('--logging', '-l', action="count",
+    parser.add_argument('--logging', '-l', action="count", default=0,
                         help="Logging level. -lll is the highest level")
     parser.add_argument('--repeat', metavar="N", type=int, default=100,
                         help="How many times to run each test (default: 100)")